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Listen to Clark Strand Being Interiewed on The God Complex

Today Carol Howard Merritt of The God Complex devoted an hour-long show to HOW TO BELIEVE IN GOD: Whether You Believe in Religion or Not. To hear Clark's fresh interpretations of a variety of Biblical stories and themes, download the show here: Download Convertplaylist.

Listen to Clark Strand on NPR's "To the Best of Our Knowledge"

"The geography of organized religion in America is changing. Today, more and more Americans identify themselves as spiritual, rather than aligning themselves with a particular religion."

Listen to interviews with WholeEarthGod founder Clark Strand, followed by segments with Zen master Brad Warner, Tibetan Buddhist teacher Tsultrim Allione, author James Carse, and Slate editor David Plotz.  Download PUB_112360671

What is i-Religion?

  Just before our weekly meeting last Thursday, I met a man at Mirabai Books in Woodstock, New York, who told me that he had searched restlessly through a half a dozen different spiritual traditions over the past few years, but without the sense that he was getting any closer to finding what he was looking for. "Have you considered the possibility that this searching is what you are looking for?" I asked him. I wasn't sure he'd understood what I was getting at, but after that he decided to join us for dinner at the cafe next door, and it wouldn't suprise me at all if he became a regular member of our weekly group.

That's exactly how it happens. You meet someone who's searching that profoundly for answers, and it's just a matter of time before it occurs to them that seaching is the answer. The problem is, until very recently, there haven't been spiritual communities who would support you in that search--or even permit it. And so, ironically, the spiritual journey has tended to lead seekers away from that seeking spirit, rather than toward it. Church isn't a good place for the seeker. It's hard to get on with the spiritual jourey when you're stuck listening to a sermon in a pew.

Are You an I-Religionist? Find Out!

Do you buy into the "Whole-CD Approach" of organizated religion where you have to download all of their songs, or only their songs? Or do you mix and match a bit, taking what you need from various spiritual traditions, taking the best of everything and leaving the worst behind? To read Clark's piece on the fastest growing religious movement in America visit the Washington Post's On Faith blog. i-Religion: Spirituality as Playlist

Listen to Clark Strand Talk About "iReligion" on WPR

To listen to Clark talk about "iReligion"--our tendency today to download what we like from world's different spiritual traditions and use them  as we will--listen to today's interview by Veronica Rueckert on Wisconsin Public Radio: Download Rkt090501e